The opening ceremony for the sixth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament will be held at Eden Gardens in the city of Kolkata, the largest in the country and the second-largest in the world. The ceremony is to start at 7pm local time on Tuesday.

The defending champions, the Kolkata Knight Riders, won the right to host the opening ceremony of the 2013 IPL opening ceremony, when they beat two-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings in a close-fought final last year.

The opening ceremony, over the past six years of the IPL, has grown in size and stature to become one of the largest sports-related entertainment events in the world, boasting a combined audience of over 50 million people. And such numbers means the event ranks alongside the Super Bowl, in the US.

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